Chopin - Etude Op. 10 No. 12 C minor "Revolutionary"

[123jsbach]

life would be worthless without the piano.

[Sofakingbeastn]

i like how it just ends so abruptly. XD

[PiratesCaribbean1]

I saw him tonight! HE IS AMAZING!!!

[phil2010xx]

video starts at 0:34 simply magnificent

[liger4100]

*Summons Tibers*

*Goes into Endless Rage*

*Shoots the Enchanted Frost Arrow*

Boner

[NEMANJATV]

@liger4100 Playing LoL ? Annie , Trynda , AShe ?

respect this shit.

[TalisLMc]

As someone who doesn't play piano, I don't think you can truly appreciate this piece until you watch his hands. To hear the recording is impressive, but to watch how his fingers leap around the keyboard... Amazing.

[XxPyROm4NiAcxX]

Chuck Norris can whistle this song without missing a single note

[chrissyluvspeace]

three words, OMG

[Nuthane]

he was so nervous at the beginning lol

[paiste009]

sonido bestial, richie ray y bobby cruz !!!!

[I3ommel]

Boss

[CaliforniaGirl088]

Wow, this gives me goosebumps, brilliant!

[willemvdr12]

looks like volodos.

[TopiCanales]

Lo veré en dos mese mas cuando toque en Temuco ^^

[jaintmar]

Felicitaciones Michio ! Maravillosa interpretación y gracias por tu tiempo en la Academia .

Jaime Antonio Matrtinez

[jmbbala]

holy shit it sounds like two people playing

[Martsigras]

damn. tough crowd. not even a polite clap

[jmbbala]

@Martsigras its not that, its the first of several movements, ordinarily, the audience should not clap after each movement but rather at the end of the entire piece.

[SOLOSE666SOLOSE]

AHI VIENE RICHIE VIENE VIRAO COMO BESTIA GOZANDO EL TUMBAO..LOS GRANDES SE INSPIRAN EN GRANDES COMO CHOPIN WOW!!

[cortem762]

He looks like Rod Blagojevich

[DemonDarc]

does anyone notice what he does with his face its hilarious thats all I noticed until they focused on his fingers

[gleekfreak10]

This guy is BEAST!

[Zoondali1]

Wow!

[sudapisco]

ESPECTACULAR !

[BetaErpel]

Chopin himself had short fingers as well ^^ so yes, obviously you can play chopin with short fingers ;)

[Zeldabo146676]

ITS GEORGE LOPEZ!!!!!

[mc0558]

excellent!

[TheLovelyPiano]

Muy bueno!

[spion03]

i bet he listened to wagner's ride of the valkyries before he did this masterful performance

[riSibLeDew]

He has short fingers. Like me! Sooo, that means I have a little bit hope to play this pieace :)))) Very good.

[jetibest]

@riSibLeDew at 0.38 he makes a mistake, i think only because of his short hands, such things like that will get real hard if u can barely reach it with ur fingers.

[marty051892]

i would be tourtured not to clap after that performance, but traditionally i guess thats what you have to do...

[sarasmind27]

it must be an etude, just look at those facial expressions

[rosjger1]

@sarasmind27 yeah! it looks like he is almost crying! one of my favorite piece is Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G Minor by Brahms/Shmelling.

[mrbassfreak321]

*Piano catches on fire*

[duiduisg]

his face is kinda funny

[jellytroid]

@duiduisg george lopez

[DaveMustaineOwns]

@duiduisg agreed

[ANTiRussia1]

speed and Forte is not music yet, at several places I noticed Forte is too incorrect.. not impressed

why does anybody learned this etude think that he plays Chopin ?

some latin pianists mixed Chopin with Tango :))

[silverlightjewelry]

Beautiful, great emotion and expression as well as technically terrific!

[MrPianosmurf]

nicely done!

[daSaboriGuitars]

Incredible! Played at Warsaw too!

[scottjop656]

the beginning was a fail lol. but the rest was well played

[TheMuzikHead]

I don't care who you are or what type of music your into, if you can't respect music and musicians like this then you don't deserve to have an opinion. Absolutely superb work! Two thumbs up for Mr. Michio, with the lil' sausage fingers and all- LOL

[lllllllllllllll88]

I'm back. WONDERFUL!!! Muy bien! Tres Bien! Molto bene! Bella!  Bella! BELLA!

A great performance!

[Rokanor]

awesome

[gouloum2222]

wow very small hands but an awesome pianist .

[dsyglym]

wow short guy with small hands plays amazing :D:D!!

[jajah1001]

oh my god! he's so good! just watching this piece in synthesia took my breath away and i never thought anyone could keep up with that speed..wow,he must be a very very talented pianist.

[lilldude80]

Oh gosh! And on a Kawai!

[kleinbogen]

Does he have short fingers? Anyone knows for sure? If true, then he is pretty amazing to play like this. Inspiration to those who are not gifted with long fingers.

[fiveup7]

I thought only Frederic Chopin was fast enough to do that!

[wallyentertainment]

Its not possible for mortar man to play it. he comes from olympus, i assure you

[duiduisg]

@wallyentertainment maybe a better explanation would be CHOPIN came from olympus

[Blah22yea]

This is incredible.

[AndiLO75]

this is 16th notes people that is hard and you think it looks easy well try doing it and see if you can do it is hard

[anonymousQ45]

@AndiLO75 i agree its difficult but slow practice is the key even if it bores you to death it will develop proper muscle memory and speed comes from that

[andyglassy]

maybe it's because of the sound quality or sth. I just feel that he understands "revolution" as sth like a war with no pause of bullets in the first half of the etude. An there are some notes a lil bit abrupt.

[ThePancakeSquad]

beautiful. and on a kawai, nonetheless! a difficult brand to play on.

[AlexAlcyone]

WOOOOW one of the best on this piece, very lyrical. One of the great challenges of this piece is to master the L H so fluently that you still have enough focus left to phrase the right hand and bring out the melody - well done!

There should be a cresc. up to the chord just before the final run... ?

@ scissorhands - practice! And find a good teacher.

[IllIIllIIIlIIIlI]

GREAT video!

[oxvaldus]

I've seen him in live performance recently, extraordinary good pianist, one of the best from my country ( alive ). we're very proud of you maestro nishihara. I hope you have recovered

[Alejandro270193]

uffffffff his hands are smaller than mine!!!!!! :D :D :D

[VampiressJaey]

Look at his facial expressions, like he can feel the pain and sadness and anger and everthing!

amazing! I've gotta put myself out there more

[KilvaUnderAGlassMoon]

Excelente compatriota!

[scissorhands5643]

This guy is amazing. If I could play anywhere near as good as him, I'd die happy. (:

[Envenomed69]

I wonder what was going through chopins head when he wrote this to me it sounds like he was in despair.

[LetTheMusicFlow1]

he was ill when he wrote this. fitting, huh?

[Napa16]

He was always ill and even in his illness he managed to write this music so full of life and strength. Amazing.

[moherpower69]

read about Our history-U'll get the answer

[BardCoennius]

In fact, he was. There was some major political upheaval in his native Poland at the time.

[biancaneve000]

Actually he was... As you may know he was staying in France for Poland as country didn't exist... It was divide between Russia Austria and germany (don't remember how it was called exactely in that period)... So he was Polish but without a mothercountry. He's only consolation were memories of home and hope for revolution. Try to find movie "Chopin- the desir of love"

[dwhieb]

funny you say that. warsaw had just fallen (his home capital of poland), and he was obviously distraught about it. They say it inspired this etude, hence 'revolutionary'.

[duiduisg]

@Envenomed69 of course he was in despair if you wanna play this song you first have 2 understand why and when and stuff like that he wrote it.

[nealzen]

Good to see that you could be a great pianist even if you have very short fingers! :=) Cool piece!

[amorelane]

You are right :) He does have pretty short fingers. but they are bouncy; great for this piece.

[lllllllllllllll88]

@nealzen - Funny, 'cause I was thinking the same thing. His fingers look alot like mine. lol Maybe there's hope for me yet. lol

He's AMAZING!

[sweetcharlie63]

not an easy piece to play

[elurseeknay]

i saw a 13 year old play it

not well though

[JayIvory87]

@elurseeknay Hey lad, a child of 8 years old can play this piece if he/she practiced hard enough. It's about the interpretation of the piece. Dynamics, phrasing, showmanship, etc. etc. Don't come in here and comment if you don't have anything intelligent to say or have any experience on playing the piano.

[elurseeknay]

yes sir

[duiduisg]

@elurseeknay than r u amazed or what

[TheChickenNugget666]

extremely moving, you can really see the emotion.

[HungAzn]

Mind splitting speed. Love his dynamics.

[nleytman]

Greate pianist, high spirited, great technique, good school.